Luis Alberto Monge

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Luis Alberto Monge
39th President of Costa Rica
In office 8 May 1982 – 8 May 1986
Vice President	Alberto Fait Lizano Armando Aráuz Aguilar
Preceded by	Rodrigo Carazo Odio
Succeeded by	Óscar Arias
Minister of the Presidency of Costa Rica
In office 8 May 1970 – 8 May 1974
President	José Joaquín Trejos
Preceded by	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
Succeeded by	Wilburg Jiménez Castro
Personal details
Born	Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez (1925-12-29)29 December 1925 Palmares, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Died	29 November 2016(2016-11-29) (aged 90) San José, Costa Rica
Political party	National Liberation Party
Spouses	Flora Rojas Alvarez ​ ​ (m. 1946; div. 1960)​ Doris Yankelewitz Berger ​ ​ (m. 1965; div. 1988)​

Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez (December 29, 1925 – November 29, 2016) was the President of Costa Rica from 1982 to 1986.^[1] He also served as Costa Rica's first Ambassador to Israel from 1963 until 1966.^[2]